[WW-2556] Ajax validation does not work in portlets.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 2.1.0
• Component/s: Plugin - Portlet, XML Validators

Environment

Struts 2.0.1 struts2-portlet-plugin struts2-dojo-plugin-2.1.0 xwork-2.1.0

• Assignee: Lukasz Lenart
• Reporter: Vladimir Limansky
• Created: 17/Mar/08 12:38
• Updated: 04/Oct/22 06:04
• Resolved: 04/Oct/22 06:04

Description

Consider the following configuration.

1. EditTest.jsp:
<sx:head/>

<s:form action="Test!save" theme="xhtml" id="myFormId" >

<s:textfield name="testProperty" label="test input"></s:textfield>

<s:hidden name="testAction" value=""/>

<sx:submit
validate="true"
ajaxAfterValidation="true"
targets="response"
showLoadingText="false"
label="Submit it!"
formId="myFormId"/>

</s:form>

2. TestAction.java

public class TestAction extends BaseActionSupport {

private String testProperty = null;

@Override
public String render() throws Exception

{ return SUCCESS; }

@Transactional
public String save()

{ return NONE; }

public String getTestProperty()

{ return testProperty; }

public void setTestProperty(String testProperty)

{ this.testProperty = testProperty; }

}

3. TestAction-validation.xml
<validators>
<field name="testProperty">
<field-validator type="requiredstring">
<message key="calendar:TitleIsRequired"/>
</field-validator>
</field>
</validators>

4. struts.xml
<struts>
<include file="struts-default.xml"/>
<include file="struts-portlet-default.xml"/>
<include file="sibutu-default.xml"/>

<package name="calendar" extends="sibutu-default">

<action name="Test" class="org.sibutu.module.calendar.action.TestAction">
<interceptor-ref name="jsonValidationWorkflowStack"/>
<result>/WEB-INF/jsp/Test.jsp</result>
<result name="input">/WEB-INF/jsp/EditTest.jsp</result>
<result name="none">/WEB-INF/jsp/Test.jsp</result>
</action>

</package>

</struts>

Currently I have the following behavior:
1. The expected error message appears just emmidiately on the page startup, NOT after submit button had been pushed.
2. When submit button had been pressed error message disappears - even if we assume that validation fails (the field was left blank with "requiredstring" validator).
3. http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/ajax-validation.html says the following:
"Remember to set struts.enableJSONValidation=true in the request to enable AJAX validation"
But trying to debug JSONValidationInterceptor I noticed that struts.enableJSONValidation parameter is null. Where this parameter should be set? An attempt to put it to struts.properties gives nothing. But even when I tried to set this parameter manually during debug session, it did not cause the desired result.

In the struts2-showcase-2.1.0.war struts example validation works pretty fine.

Please let me know whether you need any additional info.

Please

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: WW-2980 Client side form validations not working in portlets
• is related to: WW-1894 struts2-portlet-2.0.6 ajax example not working
• is related to: WW-1877 portlet sample application is missing DWR JAR file
• is related to: WW-2149 Add new S2 tags for html, head and body